I
cannot
forget
Him
for a
single
moment,
and my
soul
languishes
after
Him,
and
from the
multitude
of my
afflictions
I
lift
up my
voice
and
cry:
“Have
mercy
upon
me,
O
God.
Have
mercy
on
Thy
fallen
creature.”
Thus did
Adam
lament,
and the
tears
steamed
down
his face
on to
his beard,
on to
the
ground
beneath
his feet,
and the
whole
desert
heard
the sound
of his
moaning.
The beasts
and the
birds
were hushed
in
grief;
while
Adam
wept
because
peace and love
were lost
to
all men
on account
of his sin.